Danbury man arrested on drug, weapons charges

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published 7:00 pm, Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Police say Rodney Butler, of Lake Road, Danbury, was stopped after officers saw improper tail lights on his car around 12:38 a.m. Wednesday morning. After being issued a verbal warning, a second officer noticed a wooden police style baton in plain view between the front seats, police say. Butler was searched, and police say they discovered a small baggie with several individually wrapped white rocks. The rocks were drug field tested and were positive for narcotics, police say. Additional packaging materials were located in Butler's car, according to police.

Butler was charged with possession of weapons in a vehicle, possession of narcotics with intent to sell and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was issued a bond of $2,500 and given a court date of Jan. 4.